Dyslexia in adults | Dyslexia

Dyslexia in adults

There are many adults with dyslexia who have difficulty reading or writing correctly. People who are not recognized and treated as dyslexics during childhood often develop tricks of not standing out and not having to write. Unfortunately, one does not grow out of dyslexia, the difficulties merely change.

Adults with dyslexia often write a lot of things correctly, but do not recognize themselves what is right and what is wrong. With age, the shame increases and adult dyslexics are in many things, contracts etc. dependent on others. However, dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of, neither in childhood nor in adulthood. With the right treatment for dyslexia, you can learn and improve in adulthood.

What are the consequences of dyslexia for school assessment?

In principle, children and teenagers with dyslexia are entitled to compensation for disadvantages in school evaluations. This corresponds to the principle of school inclusion. A prerequisite for this is that the dyslexia is recognized.

Only then can dyslexia be promoted and the pupils be helped in a targeted manner. Dyslexics are entitled to compensation for disadvantages at school and protection of grades. This includes, for example, that (poor) spelling performance does not have a negative effect on exam results. This gives children and young people a fairer assessment of their performance and the opportunity to develop their talents in a wide range of school subjects despite their impairment. This topic could also be interesting for you: Learning Problems – What to do?

Dyslexia in combination with dyscalculia

It is not uncommon for dyslexia and dyscalculia to occur together. Dyslexia is based on difficulties in verbal-phonolage processing in the brain, while dyscalculia is based on impaired basic numerical processing in the brain. This means that both learning disorders have difficulties in the perceptual area.

It is still unclear how it comes about that the disorders occur together. However, it is important to know that the learning disorders do not go away by themselves or grow together with age. To alleviate the dyslexia and dyscalculia, the affected children need special training and a lot of patience and understanding from parents and teachers. One should plan a learning therapy with the school and, if necessary, a psychologist and consider whether the learning disorders should be treated simultaneously or consecutively and what kind of special help the affected child needs.You can read more detailed information on this topic: Therapy of dyscalculia